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Friday, April 10

-Apr 9: Unemployment claims pass 17 million in 4 weeks. President Trump says the nation is “at the top of the hill” in the crisis. Two groups of viral historians report that the US COVID strain came via Europe, not China. The House Oversight and Reform Committee releases federal documents showing that the national stockpile of personal protective equipment is almost empty.

-Apr 10: The U.S. reports at least 2,074 COVID-19 deaths, the highest in a single day so far. Trump withdraws his pledge that the country will reopen by Easter. It has been a full year since the country has had a Senate-confirmed Secretary of Homeland Security. In a press conference, the president confuses the coronavirus with multi-drug resistant bacteria.*

Black men are kicked out of a store in Illinois for wearing a mask

Peoples, Steve, and Scott Bauer. “Wisconsin Primary Disproportionately Impacted Minority Voters.” Christian Science Monitor, April 8, 2020. https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2020/0408/Wisconsin-primary-disproportionately-impacted-minority-voters.

Attorney General Jerome Adams pulls out his inhaler.

. https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1248678126558814210?s=20

Social Media blows up after Adams' speech. See more below.

https://twitter.com/RKByers/status/1248735547159437312

Black people in America are faced with the crisis of mask wearing, which is both safe and dangerous.

@Aaron_TheThomas, Twitter, 04-04-2020, https://twitter.com/Aaron_TheThomas/status/1246493711032356866

Dr. Arwen Henderson handcuffed by police for wearing a mask.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article241932451.html

African Americans by percentage of population and share of coronavirus deaths.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/07/coronavirus-is-infecting-killing-black-americans-an-alarmingly-high-rate-post-analysis-shows/

Dr. John Campbell. Friday 10th April and Immunity, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EUZEtJHQhE.

Fed Up Eagle. Dr. Oz Discusses the Latest on the Coronavirus, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY4c–YBAGo.

CBS This Morning. Coronavirus vs. Flu: What’s the Difference?, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Q0xGgmr0A.

MOJO STORY. “The Germ Has Gotten Brilliant” Donald Trump, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llL_9dLKb3c&t=19s.

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Bialek, Stephanie, Ryan Gierke, Michelle Hughes, Lucy A. McNamara, Tamara Pilishvili, and Tami Skoff. “Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Children — United States, February 12–April 2, 2020.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 69, no. 14 (April 10, 2020): 422–26. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6914e4.

Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Job Flexibilities and Work Schedules — 2017-2018 Data from the American Time Use Survey,” September 24, 2019. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/flex2.pdf.

Chisholm, N. Jamiyla. “Mask Protection, But Not While Black,” April 9, 2020. https://www.colorlines.com/articles/mask-protection-not-while-black.

Katz, Josh, and Margot Sanger-Katz. “Deaths in New York City Are More Than Double the Usual Total.” The New York Times, April 10, 2020, sec. The Upshot. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/10/upshot/coronavirus-deaths-new-york-city.html.

Moore, Quianta, Joyce Beebe, and Zeinab Bakhiet. “Hidden Figures: The Economic Impact of Covid-19 on Low-Income Women and Their Children,” April 9, 2020, 7.

Murphy, Paul P., and Theresa Waldrop. “Detroit Hospital Workers Say People Are Dying in the ER Hallways before Help Can Arrive.” CNN, April 9, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/us/detroit-hospital-workers-sinai-grace-coronavirus/index.html.

Nyenhuis, Sharmilee M., Jerry A. Krishnan, Alalia Berry, William J. Calhoun, Vernon M. Chinchilli, Linda Engle, Nicole Grossman, et al. “Race Is Associated with Differences in Airway Inflammation in Patients with Asthma.” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 140, no. 1 (July 1, 2017): 257-265.e11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2016.10.024.

Reger, Mark A., Ian H. Stanley, and Thomas E. Joiner. “Suicide Mortality and Coronavirus Disease 2019—A Perfect Storm?” JAMA Psychiatry, April 10, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1060.

Vickers, Dr Selwyn M. “Black Medical Leaders: Coronavirus Magnifies Racial Inequities, with Deadly Consequences.” USA TODAY, April 10, 2020. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/10/coronavirus-health-inequities-deadly-african-americans-column/5124088002/.

Young, Damon. “Masking While Black: A Coronavirus Story.” Washington Post, April 10, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/10/coronavirus-masks-black-america/.

Kopf, Dan. “Delivery Is the Fastest-Growing Job Industry in the US.” Quartz, March 7, 2020. https://qz.com/1814110/delivery-jobs-are-the-fastest-growing-in-the-us/.

Gould, Elise, and Heidi Shierholtz. “Not Everybody Can Work from Home: Black and Hispanic Workers Are Much Less Likely to Be Able to Telework.” Economic Policy Institute (blog), March 19, 2020. https://www.epi.org/blog/black-and-hispanic-workers-are-much-less-likely-to-be-able-to-work-from-home/.

Stephens, Jeanie. “Video: Wood River Officer Made Men Leave Walmart Because They Wore Masks.” Alton Telegraph, March 24, 2020. https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Video-Wood-River-officer-has-men-leave-Walmart-15154393.php.

Peoples, Steve, and Scott Bauer. “Wisconsin Primary Disproportionately Impacted Minority Voters.” Christian Science Monitor, April 8, 2020. https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2020/0408/Wisconsin-primary-disproportionately-impacted-minority-voters.

A reporter used their time at the White House coronavirus briefing to ask the Surgeon General if the words ‘abuela’ and ‘big momma’ are offensive terms. For real. pic.twitter.com/BGzbRZHC04
— For America (@ForAmerica) April 10, 2020

“I’ve been carrying around an inhaler for 40 years” for fear of dying of an asthma attack, adds @Surgeon_General, noting higher rate of the chronic disease among African-American men. pic.twitter.com/sCvCW46Pk4
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 10, 2020

Jerome Adams at a press conference: pic.twitter.com/qjoKdT6Kh7
— RK Byers (@RKByers) April 10, 2020

Sooo..Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD Step Up…Did you provide this same advice when this was seen as an “Old Person” virus? #COVIDー19 #PandemicCovid19 #jeromeadams #TrumpPressBriefing #SocialDistancing pic.twitter.com/juiDNXLvYi
— Black Women Speak (@BlackWomen_) April 10, 2020

Uncle Tom and Coon are too nice to describe Jerome Adams. This fool would be a colossal disappointment to any race. #PressBriefing pic.twitter.com/vxzhE2JgM9
— Missandei Moderna (@AlesiaDee22) April 10, 2020

Reality: Surgeon General Jerome Adams is in over his head.

He's too inexperienced to essentially be America's Chief Medical Officer during a crisis.

His main "qualification": he worked for Mike Pence in Indiana.

His racial language is obsequious and offensive. pic.twitter.com/h3T68SKVzL
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) April 10, 2020

US, in discussions last night with Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Russia, trying to get Mexico “over the barrel” to do “100,000 fewer barrels,” says @POTUS on #oil production. pic.twitter.com/K1jhnXNiHs
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 10, 2020

What in the actual shit is wrong with EVERYBODY who willing works for Donald Trump? https://t.co/lD2rwItIBM
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) April 10, 2020

People are blinded by Trump hate. Saying Big Mama isn’t offensive at all. If Obama said it, it would be the hippest thing you liberals ever heard. #surgeongeneral #JeromePowell pic.twitter.com/lfLzk2kyBI
— C.E.O. (@polomontana) April 10, 2020

Me and the homies avoiding drugs and alcohol for our big mama. Thanks Surgeon General pic.twitter.com/kAnY62OYZO
— Jackson Lockhart (@_Jack_lockhart) April 10, 2020

US Surgeon General says African Americans are not biologically or genetically predisposed to get COVID-19, but are socially disposed. He shows his own inhaler and says young people with asthma can grow up to have this job, too. pic.twitter.com/B50aBc1Or8

— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) April 10, 2020

I’m so mad I can’t believe the US Surgeon General just implied that all Black and Latino Americans are alcoholics and drugs addicts. pic.twitter.com/kbGUFSv6az

— Bri (@gothwesanderson) April 10, 2020

no one at the NAACP told this man to say big mama pic.twitter.com/aNBkkcKF23

— Nays Ways (@TrendNee) April 10, 2020

Someone be sure to see if @Yamiche and the “many people” she claims to that find the term pop pop and Big Mama offensive equallly as upset with President Obama saying call Cousin Pookie pic.twitter.com/nAx6erj2ax

— PARIS (@PARISDENNARD) April 10, 2020

Why TF did Surgeon General Jerome Adams have to throw in the bit about drugs & alcohol in his “we need you to step up” pitch. That isn’t typical guidance from the CDC, so why add that for Black folks? Stop with the innuendos about how #coronavirus‘ impact is self inflicted. https://t.co/xVbGmtUc0h pic.twitter.com/F9tWEV3tfg

— BlackWomenViews Media (@blackwomenviews) April 10, 2020

A message from Chief @Jcolina67 pic.twitter.com/lqKJVIWvnv
— Miami PD (@MiamiPD) April 11, 2020

Bahn, Kate, and Carmen Sanchez Cumming. “Four Graphs on U.S. Occupational Segregation by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender.” Equitable Growth (blog), July 1, 2020. http://www.equitablegrowth.org/four-graphs-on-u-s-occupational-segregation-by-race-ethnicity-and-gender/.
CBSMiami. “Miami Police Launch Investigation After Dr. Armen Henderson, Who Tests Homeless For COVID-19, Cuffed In Front Of His Home.” CBSMiami (blog), April 11, 2020. https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/04/11/miami-police-internal-investigation-dr-armen-henderson-cuffed/.
Gunia, Amy. “Fauci: ‘I Don’t Think We Should Ever Shake Hands Again.’” Time, April 9, 2020. https://time.com/5818134/anthony-fauci-never-shake-hands-coronavirus/.
Henderson, Armen. “Doctor Handcuffed by Police as He Tosses Boxes to the Curb.” Miami Herald, April 10, 2020. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article241932451.html.
Levenson, Eric. “Why Black Americans Are at Higher Risk for Coronavirus – CNN.” CNN, April 7, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-black-americans-race/index.html.
Newman, Andy. “What N.Y.C. Sounds Like Every Night at 7.” The New York Times, April 10, 2020, sec. New York. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/10/nyregion/nyc-7pm-cheer-thank-you-coronavirus.html.
Woodward, Alex. “‘I Want to Stay Alive but I Also Want to Stay Alive’: Video of Police Following Black Men Wearing Masks Raises Concern over Racial Profiling | The Independent,” April 9, 2020. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-masks-racism-police-video-racial-profiling-walmart-video-a9458221.html.
Wright, Bruce C. T. “Surgeon General Jerome Adams Offers ‘Big Momma’ Advice For Blacks To ‘Avoid Alcohol, Tobacco And Drugs.’” NewsOne (blog), April 10, 2020. https://newsone.com/playlist/jerome-adams-blacks-big-momma-drugs-comment/.

* Timeline summaries at the top of the page come from a variety of sources:, including The American Journal of Managed Care COVID-19 Timeline (https://www.ajmc.com/view/a-timeline-of-covid19-developments-in-2020), the Just Security Group at the NYU School of Law (https://www.justsecurity.org/69650/timeline-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-and-u-s-response/), the “10 Things,” daily entries from The Week (theweek.com), as well as a variety of newspapers and television programs.

Friday, April 10

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